Bale-tying attachment to hay-presses.



No. 893,216. I 'PATENTBD JULY li, 1908.

, n.13. Woon.

BALB TYING, .ATTAGHMIEBITk To HAY PRESSES.

APPLIoATIoN FIL DN .1' 1 6.

. E 0V 0' 90 HHBBVTSASHBBM,

atteind v I ATENTED JULY 1.4,v 1908.

-D.B. woon. BALT: TYING ATTACHMENT ToHAT Psss.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

No.'893,216. PATENT-BD JULY 14, 1968.

, D. B. woon,

4 SHEETS-BHEET varmmo A l I l f1. MM. j

atroz new DANIEL 'nENToN woon,

Toall/whom'imag/concerns y 'Be it known lthat I, DANIEMBENTON Woon, a citizen' of the .United States,resid iii atAlm ra, inthe county of-Arkansas an State o Arkansas, have invented certain new andiiseful Im rovements in'BaleTying Attachments -for resses; and I .do -declar'e the followingvto he a full',"clear, and exactdescription ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit'iapperftains to make and use'thesame.-

invention 'relates to improvements .maclsiines for tying the. wil-esl upon. balesformed in hayl `presses andthe like.

'.Th Principe Obj @C138 0f `my inventonai'e.4

, to provide a simple, practical and. efficient- 'mechanism for wiringvhales, to diseardthef use ofheadblocks and touse wire direct.-

'fromarollor-s ool.` y, i Another oblect of the invention ,is to pro` vide a device orY mechanism ofthis character which will be in the .form o f'an attachment .'fa plicable to presses` of various kindsnow on tlemarkenand one which whenzn'oltin use may be folded ,against the press. so as notl to- ,interfere with the transportation of the same'.

which willhe operative by y A furtherobject of'the invention ijs to 'pro-v vide adevice or mechanism of this character power ,derived ,1 from the hunger of the press.' 4 fl With ,the aboveanrl other` objects in view, which will. appear as thenatureof tlieinven; tion is better understood, lthesame .consists` ,of the novel fcaturesvof construction and the combination and arrangement lof parts her'e f inafter described and claimedinrglgilliistrated, inthe accompanying:drawings,11n which Figure 1 is a sectional'perspectiveof abalingrf press, with my. improved tyinj attachment or mech anisin applied thereto, wiring laws of the attachment being sliownin .a partially 1 projecting position yFig. 2 isis. vertical transverse section, showing'ltlie. wiring'jaws infant o eret've 'osition for holding` and tiifisting` t ewires; gig'. 31s a detail horizontal section through the. wiring jaws .and the wire hold#y ers Fig. 4 isa detail 4viewM theearin ;Fig. Y5 is a crspective view of one of t e rac and t 'e partsfwhiclico-act with it; Fig. -6`isifV a detailf view of `thew'ire holderspand th twisting head, illustrating theopration f? *the'saneflii*sfTami'8"are-"peispe'cti e noi the wire, oldersgFi .Q'isaperspe view: ef @assi-'tts tristes hssdsilg' l l l Specification of Letters Pcite'izii'amv.A ',Appiiggyion ons irqvgmbgr io, iooa, "snaai No. states.'

' mounting the frames l3 swung against the'side 0 the (Z1-press when the bars on ALnrni". nastiness."

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n and'its. .operating 'lovei's; Fig. ii is a detail perepec-` manner in soV 2 the reciprocating t` orm no part of the.; resentinvention, andy it will be understood hat ,the plunger 2 may -1 be mountei forreciprocation *1n any lplane other than the-horizontal one illus trated. l

The. numeral 3 denotes two rectangular frames which support' the operative parts oi? theinvention and which project outwardly roinopposite sidesl of the chamber l and are in transverse alinemeiit. The frames 3 have their inner 'ends mountedy uponl vertical pivots 4* Iupon angle .brackets suitablyv secured to the sides of the press, and said frames are retained in their extended .position shown `in the drawings by set screws' 6 or any other suitable means. 'This manner of ermits them to be tyiiig'attacliment is `iiotnee etlso that 'the press may be conveniently transported.

l ln'tlie supporting frames 3 are mounted wire 'carriers' or jaws V7", Bfwhic'l' are' adalited Y l jrom opposite "sidesV and in rear of .the Bale to be'- to beprojectedLinto tlie ;cliamher 1 wired;vf V"Each of -said carriers comprises "ip er and lower arms or members- VQty-1U ,united at their outer ends fby' vvertical ori tions `or members 1l, as clearly shown in igl'., lll-ic said carriers sli(ie'.iii.tlieframes o and upon anti-,friction rollers 12 ar'ran eclin the top and bottom of said frames, as s iown.

The wire cari'ierfis.,actuated\by two gears 1 *1.3, I:14",1wliich arefsiiitably joiirnalc-d in the Aof'tlie arms 9, 10.` Springs 15am arranged `eftween the outer ends ci the carrier' 7 and tsframe 3 for the, purpose of retractingtlie ormer.' The` gearl is ,removably mounted u? .ico iframe 3and`in meshfwitli each other and with rack teeth arranged upon' the opposing edges."

K on one end ,of a longitndinal shaft-1fg'yivln'chi'v has its Qtheren'd jouriialgiin a ,supportingbracket 17 arranged i son one side of the press. U on the latte! id of said shaft is a gear 18 W lich meshes s. i a gear 19 formed integral with or secured to a beveled gear 20 which latter meshes with similar `ear 2-1 iizied upon a vertical p fot 22. ormed integral with the beveled. gear 21 is a seg mental gear 23 adapted 'to mesh with a rack 24 arranged upon one side or" the pluneer 2. The segmental gear is so constructed that its teeth are :normally out of the path of the rack 24 as the plunger is reciprocated in compressing the hay or other material in the chamber l, but when it is desired to operate the tying attaclnnent the gear s3 is moved into an operative position by actuating the lever 25. The latter is suitably ulcrumed at 26 and is connected by a link to one end of a crank arm W which is located on one end ci a rock shaft 27'a and carries a pin 27'b adapted to engage a pin 28 de ending from the under face of said gear. v .hen the gear 23 is thus thrown into mesh with the rack 24 it will he actuated as the plunger passes it and when thus actuated it Will, through the intermediate gearing, project the carrier 7 into the bale chamber. The carrier is held projected by the engagement of the smooth edge 29 of the plunger in rear of the rack 24, with the last tooth of the segmental gear 23, as will be readily understood. The inner end ol' eachoi the arms 9, l0 is formed with a forwardly projecting portion 30 having wire receiving notch Si adapted to form the jaw proper of the carrier. Upon each of said arms 9 also mounted a wire holder 32,

the construction of which is more clearly shown in This holder consists of two Veshaped side members arranged upon the opposite sides of one of the arms of said carrier and connected to a pivot 33. To said pivot is attached a spring 33a for retaining the holder in normal position. The upper arm 551i of each side has a notched outer cud to regA ler with the nolgch 3l in the )injection 3() on vid arm and the lower ius or members ol cach of said eL-shaped sides are ccmncctcd by an antivfrietion roder 35 adapted to heengaged and actuated by the inner cnd oi thc corresponding arm on the ,pp :sing carrier 8.

The carrier s rs actuated by two gears 36, 37 which similar to the gears il@ )4 and which mesh with cach other and with racks upon theI upper and lower arms 9, l() of the carrier e. The gear 37 1s mounted upon a shaft 35s which is similar to the shaft 16 and which is operatively connected to a segmental gear in the same manner in which thas-haft 16 is connected to the seqmental ger 222. The scffmentul gear *il mesje-s with lc il upon me opno vde ci' the plunand il; controlled a hand lever Lil similar 'to the lever l lever Ail in it." loner end conne 1li to a cranes arm sesam on the rock shaft 27, which latter extends transversely of the press in vits lower portion and beneath the plunger. The carrier 8 held proiected by the engagement of segmental anges or -projeiztions 36", 37" arranged upon the gears 36, 37 and ada )tod to engage stops 36", 37b in the form o rollers journaled upon the arms 9, 1() of said carrier adjacent to the outer end of their racks. The up er and lower members of the carrier 8 are ho ow to receive longitudinally reciprocating bars 42 which are moved in one direction by coil springs 43 arranged in the outer ends of the carrier 8 and connected at their ends to the bars 42 and to the outer ond of the frame 3. The outward movement ot the bars 42 under the action of sain springs is limited by one or more stop pins 44 and said bars are adapted to slide u on anti-friction rollers 45, as shown. At t ie outer ond of each of the bars 2 is provided av ack 46 which is adapted to mesh with one of the gears 36, 37 after said gears have projected the carrier S 'to the limit of its inward sliding movement. Upon the inner end of each of the bars 42 is a rack 47 adapted to mesh with a pinion 48 fixed upon a transverse shaft 19 journaled in the inner end of one of the arms of the carrier 8. The pinions 48 are arranged transversely inl said recessed inner ends of the arms oi outer ends of their shafts 49 on opposite sides of said arms are suitably' fixed combined twisting and cutting heads 50. The latter are arranged sliglxtl in rear of wire receiving notches or jaws 51 lormed upon said ends of the arms and of said twisters and cutters 5() are whe/'hold- 32 upon tie arms oi the opposing carrier 7. The wire holders 52 are in` the form of bars having notched inner ends to receive the wires and-slotted outer or rear ends to receive a transverse clamping bolt 53 by means. of which theymay be adjusted lfmgitudinally on the arms of the carrier. Euch of thc twisters 50, as more clearly shown in Fiji. il, consists of an elongated body having u lia( inner side and a substantially convex outer side. Each of the tapered ends oi said body has a straight cutting edge 55 adj acont to its flat inner side which is ada )ted to work against the outer face of one oi thc wire carrying arms and to sever the wire, asv presently explained. Adjacent to the cutting edge 55 at each end of the twister body is formed a recess 54 which provides a lip r projection 54a. The ends of the wire cut by the sharpened edges 55 are adaA ted to enter the recess 54 and to be engaged liy the projection or li Maand bent as the twister is rotated. Eacli oi' these combined cutters and twisters is suitably secured u on one of the ends of th(l shaft 1 d!) and in whic the center oi' its outer face or yin the end of the shaft is formed a concentric the carrier and upon the` arranged upon the outer sides v ers 52 ada ted to co-act with the wire hdldcr seas 1o and are passed through suita le openings in 1o they sides of the press chamber 1 '.andover guides or guide rollers 56 arranged in or adgaccnt to .said openings. A .In order to permit the two frames 3 to be folded against the 'sides ofthe press', the :admits 16 and 38 are each made in two sectionsl 4and are ada ted to be .detachably connested by a coupling 57 suchbas the one illustrated in Fig. 1,1. 'This connection for the downwardly .so that the wire a' will 4be brought down and into the notched ends of the holder 52, as-clearly shown .in Fig. 131 When both ofthe wires are thus clam )ed between the notched ends of the holdl 52 on each side of each pair of the carrier limit of their inward movement and the.'

racks 46 on the sliding bars 42 within said.

forced inwardly, the racks 47V rotate the pinions z48 and hence-the twisting and ,cut-

combined twistersandcutters 50 arethus rotated `their cuttingedges 55 will-succesers ,32, .70

arms, said carriers' will have reached the gears 36, 37 then leavethe racks upon the arms ofythecarrier 8.and lmesh with the 7.5

carrier arms. As these. `rack Vbars 42fare `ting heads 50 on theirlshafts 49(y As the. r3() sively sever the wires 'a'and b, as will .be-. Y readllyseen upon reference to Figs. 14 and 15.5.* Y Said wires are severed close to the opposite 85' side faces ofthe 'carrier arms so there will..` be small waste' pieces corresponding in length to the width of said arms and` so that there will be projectinI 'end ortions c", and ib which willi-be caug tin t erecess 5410i 9'0;

the'head by its 'prosecting lips 54 and as said headis rotated will bey twisted or. coiledv together in a manner clearly` shown inFigs.` f 164 and 17. This colli or twisting is done yupon the inner'faces o theholders 32, 52 ,9-5-

shaft 'sections consists in providing one sec-` fgo tion with a tongue and the r.other with a groove to receive the tongue and 'a coupling'- sleeve to slide upon one of the shaft sections and to vlit over said"inter'1ocked or enga ed. ends of `the sectionsas will be readily un erstood.` y i The' o eration of .the attachmentis as iollows: W ien the parte are in their normal -in'4 operative positions ready foroperatiomthe wire carriers 7,` 8 are retracted so that they :au` are entirely -witlvlout the Abale chamber 1'.

andthe two' lleforefthe` bale isfforrned, the endsof the four 'wiresare-.-4 drawn to they center of the chambcrand twisted togetherby hand, that is, the two u per 'wires are twisted together lbwer ones are twisted to other.

These vtwo sets of wires iorin -two ties orl the Whale. As the bale is Vformed bytheplu er forcing the ,1naterialintofthenhamber ll'ie united wireswill'be moved Irearwardly into saidA chamber; 4and whenthe'bale is of the desired size, one of 4the hand levers 25 or41 is actuated after. the plunger has niade its final stroke, and has becnretraeted or parand the twist or tie will be caused to "enter:A recess or. depression .50 inthe .head as said ends a', are 4drawn through thel recess f 54. wAstht'.wisted. or coiled portion c enters f ,ofv the wires l are bent, es e early shown in Fig. .7, so tl,

at the wires cannot pull apart.; derstood that the wires that are of -the carri uter or rear sido -of the same unite t e wires which forli; the 'ties for the next bale. AfterA said recess or depression-501 the extremities-10o 5s olE the Wires in said tiallyretracted. The operation of one of the wires" have been thus severed andy espjvhe levers actuates the rock shaft 27 so twisted,.the 'rearward movement-of f' the 110. that-the segmental gears 23,` 39 are thrown plunger together with the springs 15, 4-3 will f' into 4the path of the racks 24E,` 40 on the return the parts of the attachment to ytheir plunger which latter as itnioves. inwardly normal positions so that the next bale mayi.. wiltimpart its motion. through the intermebe formed. 50 diato'goaring to theiwirie carriers 7', 8. As

Ythese#,f :agrriers .are @reed-inwardly" toward". claim and 1. The combination witha baling, reses-off, 1 a wire carrier. to enter the "same, t le com-I ,bined' rotary cutter and twisterv 50 having 120 cutting edges at its,opposi'teendsrand wireg` engaging -lr s ,arrangedy upon one-face adja'" cent to sai ends, and means for operating'v l lsaid cutterand twister.

Teach other, the wires 0,1 arranged in theirjaws 31, 51 will be'drawn inwardly around the rear end of .the bale. The arrangement jaws is clearly shown in Figi 12 of the drawmgs, in which it will be noted that the wire b extends over the holder 52 and through its notehedends then, over the frontend ofthe twister 50 and then 'co through the jaw 51, and the wire c throu fh l 2. The combination with a baling press-,of 126' .the'notched ends 'of the holder 32 and tie jaw As the bevelodlowcr portions of `Av`the'inner ends of the arm'son the carrier 8f ,il'engagethe rollers 35' on the holders .32 the es nolfhdmsd the 'latter will; be swung wire carriers Ato enter tli'ersame frornits oppo-l f 1 I .site sides, a combined rotary cutterfian twister upon one of said carriers, and a rac slidab y;n'iountedV uponV the-'same' carrierv for Having thus describedmy invention whats-H15 operating said combinedlc'utter andtwister. den

wire carrying frrins to enter the 3. The combination. with :i baling press, of i posiiion h3' ranged upon the opposite'ends of said shaft and hnving' Har inner sides to work nguins the opposite'faces of said csrrienssid cutters and twisters also having euting edges and wire engaging lips. und wire holders Carrie-ii by said carriers and adapted to hold the wires upon the outer sides of the said enors and twisters.

4. The combination with e hailing press, of wire carrying firms to enter ihe seine from opposite sides, a twisting @lenient upon one of said urnis and inesns upon the suine arm for operating seid element.

5. The combination with ai heling press, of sains frein opposite sides, a rigid wire holder upon one of said arms, a combined euzfing and twisting elementupon the saine erin, the letter srni also having an inclined surface, and the angular wire holder 32 pivoted upon the other arm nd having onevmemher to engagennd setlists the wire und another meinher to he engaged and setuaed by the inclined sur fece on said wire carrying erin, suhsmnially as set forth.

'6. The combination with u heling press; of wire carrying erins to enter the sinne Sironi opposite sides, rotary twisters arranged upon the oppositeY sides of one of seid arios and nies-ns upon the saine erin for operating-sind twisters.

7, .The combination with s b21-ling ross, oi a pair of wire carrying .arms to enter t 1e same f rom opposite sides, s wisfer carried by one of said s-rnis, n wire holder upon the seme :mn n'nd n swinging Wire holder upon che other erin actuated to an operative position hy the arm carrying said twister.

S. The combination with s heling ress., oi u pulir of wi re carrying; arms .to snterit e saine vfrom opposite side, s twiser esrried by one of said` arms7 en element for operating seid twister and ineens to successively engage und actuaire the nrin carrying seid 'twister and said element.

9. The combination with a bnling ress, of a pair of wire carrying arms to enter t e saine from opposite sides, a twisterosrried by one of said arms, a. bar'slidable upon the arm enr ryingr the twister for rotating the latter, niek teeth upon said arm and said bar: and on nctu ating-gear to' successively engage the rack teeth uv on seid erm and bsr. A

10. he combination with e, lia-ling press, of wire carrying arms'to enterthe saine from opposite sides, (zo-acting Wire holders upon seid arnxis-Y, the holder upon one arm being stationaryv4 and. the one upon the other firm being movable and :resumed to en operative sessie rotor); eu ing' Sn'id i upon (he l; sind ener und rusting smid ferns, the r being' edepied "5o .also i* snhsinxn'irh; as :wi-ri vfed.

1l. The -ornhizminn rrhh having s chin i plunger, e? rsi s ohun'ilser i? one oi' a fili' lied in.'

N; hint l2. ,f'he effuiwinufimi rrhh :L hoi/ing :i ei plunger, fi ehe-mixer l' sry el of sind, p i for netnnrns seid snio. arms, geen' and said roei:

having s g'nnger, il I or he :In n: ed in lower wire teeh, *i said wireosrrying srns l Wire twisting means upm pertain ci arms, meshing errungen 'in sind fr and ndnped so e and menne ting soin -f 1G. 'The er nhinsiion with u lfsling press, of frames upon the noiosi i sides sinne, meer :ed h bale virer, und inem,"

f' po tions and means upon said frames for samey'frmles pvoted upon' said brackets and reciprocating Wue carrier mountefl in s aid L0 gdgmbe against the sl'des of the press, means frame, and means for operatmg sald carrier. fr .ff fer f) wang mi frames 1n then ext lded m DANlEL BENTON WOOD' Witnesses: y

C. M. HILLMAN, M. G. BENNETT.

ofbraskets upon the oppostel sides Of the. [l side of the pressand folduble ther@ag'irlmst,l a 1 l Lying ale Wires. v 5.5;, The cmbmatlon in a, bahng-press, of a bmgd frame extendmg ateallky from one 

